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FISHERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 163

Names of owners to be painted on fishing boats.

163.(1) Every boat used for fishing, other than a fishing boat excepted from
the application of this section by subsection (3), shall have upon some
conspicuous place thereof the name of the owner, or of one of the owners where
more than one, and of his place of residence, painted in clear legible
characters or letters of not less than two inches in length.

(2) If, in respect of any boat to which this section applies the provisions of
subsection (1) are not complied with, the owner of the boat or any person
using it shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) This section shall not apply to any fishing boat registered under Part IV
of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 or to any boat which, so far as it is used
for fishing, is used solely for catching fish otherwise than for profit.

© 1966 Crown Copyright

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